Separable button



Aug. 26, 1930. N s, DWYER 1,714,134

SEPARABLE BUTTON Filed March 2'7, 1929 Patented Aug, ,26, 1930 i 1 v I V I ivniinriaisirlienfinhuman, or" :eiIYAtLUr, ween-meson sEPARA Ln BUTTON Application filed March27, 1929; Serial No. 350,181; 7

My present invention relates to improve- "Figure Sis a perspective view of the socketments in separable buttons of they type inv slide. I p which arigid head and a resilient socket fas- A usual type of stud 1, having an annular .tener are employed and adapted to be joined groove 2 and point 3, is rigidly secured by its together by a snap action, or separated, as fiat disk 4 in the button-head 5, and the latter 50 desired, f may be fashioned of suitable material, orna- The button and fastener of my invention mental or otherwise, depending upon the use are adapted for use as a stud button in dress for which it is intended. v i a shirts, cuff links, and all detachable jewelry, InFigure 1 an eyelet 6 is shown sewed to a- W or for use as a removable button on garments piece of fabric F that-may form any suitable .1; that require frequent laundering, such as: garment, and the stud 1 is passed through nurses uniforms, barbers jackets, coats worn the eyelet inposition to receive the resilient by professional men, and'all other garments Socket fastener which is indicatedasa Whole by the-numeral 7.

and uniforms.

15 The invention consists in certain novel The socket fastener comprises'acap or cup e combinations and arrangements of parts in 8 having a hole 9 for the stud, and a plate 10 the resilient socket fastener and the studof is rigidly crimpedorclampedon the edge of. r the button-head as will hereinafter be more the cap. The cup and the cap plate arecirfully set forth and claimed. cular, and as best seen in Figure 7 the plate I In the accompanying drawings I haveillushas a pair ofd-iametrically arranged'slots 11 c5 trated one complete example of the physical therein and a pair of central tongues 12 fashembodiment of my invention (and a slight loned fromtheturned up metal 0f the plate. modification of the button-head) vwherein the These-tongues .fornia fulcrumpost that pro- I parts are combined and arranged according jects into the interior of thecap, and the slots to the best mode I have'thus far devised for of the plate are adapted toreceive a slide 7.0--

the practical application of the principles of head that'may be pushed into the Cap Of'the my i ti 7 socket fastener, and by the use of the fingers Fi r 1 i a i h in a f t f or finger nails, the slide'head may be pulled I V a garment with. the stud of the button passed g lya from the T1113 J through an eyeict, and the Socket fastener slide head isconstructedofresilrentmetal,and 73 I in position to be secured on'the stud. comprises f i l dlsk Wlth p f Figure 2 shows the parts secured together. i 14 f p on f ge and f Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view of ifl f a of 15 i f M the parts in Figure 2. p s are in t 164$ ots 11 o the p ate Tie in- I a.) Figure 4 is a View Showin the resilient ner ends of thearms are bent inwardly to so D u L s form opposing aws 16, and theseja'ws are socket fastener in sect on and separated from designed toygrip a keeperfor the Stud p the Y s The keeper is also fashioned of. resilient I Figure 5 is a sectional deta l View of a modimetal, as e s in Figure comprises 40 f Y a flat disk 17 that is slottedor bifurcated to f Figure 6 1s a perspective view of resilient f tongues ,7 which the jaws/1630f keeper Ofthe Socket'fastenerthe slide head are permanently gripped.

Figure 7 Perspective view showing the From-the disk 1'? of the keeper are projected interior of the socket fastener with parts rethe arms 19, and these arms at their free ends 4: moved. r I are bent inwardly and notched to form opj-e so socket fastener are grasped between a thumb and a finger, and the socket, fastener is snapped on the studto the position of Figure 3. Here the stud is entered in the hole 9, the jaws 20"have clasped the stud in itsannular groove, and the point of the stud frictionally engages the disk 17 of the keeper. At the outer side, of the keeper the fulcrum post 12 engages the plate 17 of the keeper and the slide arms 15 of the slide head are socket and to hold spread apart to retain-'the'slide head in the the keeper locked on the stud.' V f To unfasten the device, the exterior part of theslide head is grasped in the fingers and the slide. head pulled outwardly from the socket fastener, closing the spread arms 15,',and this closing movement of the arms flexes the slotted disk 17, with the post 12 acting as a fulcrum. FleXing the disk opens the jaws 20 of the keeper and they are releasedfrom the stud, thereby permitting withdrawal ofthe socket fastener from the stud. Having thus, fully described by invention, what I claim as'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The. combination with a pointed stud. having an annular-groove, of a socket-fastener having a slide'head, resilient arms on the head and jaws on said arms, a resilient keeper'rctained by the slide head, arms on the keeper, and jaws on said arms for engaging the grooved stud. r 2. The combination with a grooved stud pointed at its outward end, of a socket fastener having a slotted plate and a fulcrum post, a head having arms slidable in the slotted plate, said arms fashioned of resilient material and formed with end jaws, a keeper comprising a plate of resilient material carried in said jaws and adapted to co-act with the post, arms on the keeper, and jaws on said keeper arins for engaging the grooved stud.

3. A separable button comprising: a button head; a pointed stud, projecting outwardly from the center of said head, and having an annular groove near its outward end a resilient socket, fastener having a cap member and a cap plate, and adapted to house and retain a slide head and resilient keeper; said cap plate being provided with slots and inwardly extending tongues downwardly through the slots in said cap plate and adapted to engage the resilient keeper in a manner that will bend it about the aforementioned fulcrum, when it is moved outwardly and thus release the aws of the keeper from the annular groove of the stud.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

NELLIE SHEPHERD DVV YER. 

